Then, the day after Better Homes and Gardens left a sweet photographer, Cyrus McCrimmon, from The Post came over and set up a photo shoot in my garage/workshop and chatted and snapped away while I made a USA sign in celebration of The Olympics. They specifically asked for photos of the "nitty gritty" of working with pallets and as you see above, that's what they got. My garage/workspace was a disaster, but they wanted to see an actual workspace and I gave it to them.

They featured a few talented local artists who have used pallets in creative ways and I was honored to be included with some very creative folks.

And don't worry, I am sharing a new pallet sign this week, (my first commissioned piece!) and I have 3 pallets in my garage right now just waiting to be hacked to pieces and remade into something beautiful!

I absolutely love this, Kim! Your fave pallet is my fave, too. I also love the Breckenridge one with the altitude and such. Sean and I just hiked to an high elevation (to us) in Ruidoso, and we live at 800 ft. So glad we got in shape before doing that hike! Now we get why elevation is a big deal for adventurers!

Oh WOW! I am so impressed. You just became MY HERO! I cannot imagine being photographed for those articles, etc but it’s obvious why you were chosen. You are very talented!!! You’ve inspired me to tackle that stack of pallets that I collected on the side of the road 6 months ago, and do something cool with them. I would love for you to link up at my party at http://www.doodlesandstitches.com/2012/08/fabulous-friday-link-party-14.html Thanks for the inspiration!

Just browsing around some more and I am seriously in LOVe. Me and my husband have a ton of pallets in our garage that we’ve been wanting to transform for my flea market booth. They’ve been sitting there forever (seriously). This is so inspriing, tho! Maybe just what I need!!!